See also: abfuhren

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈapˌfyːʁən]
  • Hyphenation: ab‧füh‧ren
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Etymology 1

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Verb

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abführen (weak, third-person singular present führt ab, past tense führte ab, past participle abgeführt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to take away (someone in police custody)
  2. (transitive) to regularly pay
  3. (transitive, dated) to rebuff
  4. (intransitive) to evacuate (the bowel)
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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abführen

  1. first/third-person plural dependent subjunctive II of abfahren

Further reading

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  • abführen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • abführen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • abführen” in Duden online
  • abführen” in OpenThesaurus.de